Laundry-tag.



x0. 841,217. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. w. J. BAKER.

LAUNDRY TAG.

APPLICATION TILED JAN-22,1904.

INVENTOR William clBa/zer.

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UNITED sTA'pns P rnN'r orrron.

WILLIAM J. BAKER, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

LAU N DRY-TAG.

No. 841,217. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22,1904. $erial No. 190,136.

T0 0/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that residing at Newport, in the bell and State of Kentucky,

I, WILLIAM J. BAKER,

county of Camphave invented a new and Improved Laundry-Tag, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of laundry-tagsformed of a thin metallic body capable of being bent upon itself andover the edge of the garment to be identified, and it refers moreparticularly to the formof tag disclosed in my Patent No. 678,156, datedJuly 9, 1901.

My present invention, which embodies the general form and application ofmy patented tag referred to, is more especially designed to provide fora perfect and secure gripping of the ends of the marking-tape and forholding the ends of the said tape very tight and under a greaterstretching or tension ble in the use of my patented form of tag. In mypatented form of tag the ends of the tape are bent transversely over theopposite edges of one end of the tag, and the said ends are held securefrom separating by means of pointed prongs that pass through and clipover the tape ends.

While the aforesaid means of securing the ends of the tape is generallyeffective under ordinary circumstances, I have found that the saidmanner'of securing the tape is not all that is desired in tags of thecharacter noted.

In my present form of tag I provide for securing the ends of the tapeand for clamping the tag on the article to be identified in such amanner that there shall be no protuberances or prong-points above thefaces of the tape and that the members that llOlQ the ends of the tapedo not puncture or otherwise tear the tape ends, which weakens theconnection between the said tape and the metal tag and frequently causesthe tapes to wear or separate from the metal body.

My present invention therefore consists in a laundry-tag which embodiesthe peculiar construction hereinafter fully described, specificallypointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of my improved laundrytag asapplied for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved tag, thesame being shown as it appears before being clipped upon the garment.Fig. 3 is an inverted longitudinal section of the same on the line thanis poss1- 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an inverted transverse section on theline 1 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the preferred forms oftag in which the prongs are stamped up toward the outer edge of thetagbody. Fig. 7 is a similar view in which the prongs are stamped uptoward the central line of the tag-body and in which the tagbody isprovided with a plurality of sets of tangs.

My present form of tag comprises a metal blank a, which in practice isstamped up to the shape shown by a suitable stampingmachine. Centrallythe blank has an aperture a to provide for conveniently doubling theends of the blank upon each other, and at one end the said blank isprovided with a series of V-shaped prongs c 0, adapted to be bent up ina plane at right angles to the longitudinal plane of the blank a andwith the points of the apertures left thereby projecting inward towardthe aperture a. At the other end the blank (1 at each side has a numberof vertically-bent tangs d d, whose upper ends (1 are in a planeparallel with the sides of the blank a, and the said tangs, which arestruck up from the body of the blank to leave apertures 61 aresubstantially square shape for a purpose presently eX- plained.

E designates the marking member, which is a short piece of tape having alength sulficient to extend transversely over the opposite edges 00 at.

In present of the fabric or tape E are doubled over the ends (1 of thetangs d, which tangs are bent down against the ends of the fabric, whichare thereby firmly clipped between the body of the blank a and the tangsd without the necessity of puncturing the said ends or projecting thetangs above the surface of the fabric, and by reason of the tangs (1being of substantially square shape I provide for a large fiatclamping-surface that engages the ends of the fabric E to hold the saidfabric E firmly in position and prevent the ends becoming loose bypulling out from under the form of tag the outer ends I tangs d.Furthermore, by providing the tangs into the slots (1 produced bystriking up the tangs d from the body a, and the said ends of the tapewill therefore be firmly gripped between the edges of the tangs (Z andthe edges of the slots d and be held from pulling loose from the tangs din either a transverse or longitudinal direction. The prongs d (Z arestamped to project in parallel planes at right angles to the planecontaining the prongs c c and at right angles to the body of the tag Theprongs c c in my present form are ar ranged the same as in my patentedinvention, and they serve the same purpose.

The marking-tape is preferably of a width substantially one-half thelength of the metal body, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a sheet-metal blank of rectangularform and provided with a central circular aperture, said blank bendableover upon itself to clasp a marking-tape, one end of said blank beingprovided with a plurality of V-shaped prongs projected at right anglesto the blank-body and held in transverse alinement, with the points ofthe apertures left by the prongs toward the center, the other end of theblankbody having a plurality of sets of rectangularly-shaped tangsstamped to project in parallel planes at right angles to the planecontaining the V-shaped prongs, and the corresponding tangs of each ofsaid last-named sets being in transverse alinement, substan tially asshown and described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a laundry-tag comprising asheet-metal blank of rectangular form and provided with a centralcircular aperture; said blank bendable over upon itself to clasp amarking-tape, one end of said blank being provided with a plurality ofV-shaped prongs projected at right angles to the blank-body and held intrans- .verse alinement with the points of the apertures left by theprongs toward the center, the other end of the blank-body having aplurality of sets of rectangularly-shaped tangs stamped therefrom, thelines of juncture of the tangs with the blank-body lying parallel to oneanother and at right angles to the plane containing the V-shaped prongs,and the corresponding tangs of each of said last-named sets being inment, and a marking-tape disposed parallel of the blank-body and of awidth equal to substantially one-half the length of the body, said tapehaving its ends passing over the longitudinally-arranged sets of tangswith its edges lapped under the same, said tape and its cooperatingtangs having provisions in virtue of which the cooperating tangs willclamp the tape against the body portion of the blank and at the sametime be covered by the tape all being arranged substantially as shownand described.

WILLIAM J. BAKER. Witnesses:

H. W. HAWKINS, JOHN MOSPENS.

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